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RBI, Bank of Indonesia sign MoU promoting use of local currencies for trade

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The Reserve Bank of India and the Bank of Indonesia signed a MoU to promote the use of local currencies for cross-border transactions, enabling exporters and importers to invoice and pay in their respective domestic currencies, optimizing costs and settlement time for transactions.

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Visa Teams With Circle On USDC Digital Currency Corporate Card

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Visa will provide a credit card that allows companies to make and get payments with the digital currency via the card once Circle graduates from Visa’s Fast Track initiative. As it stands, the payment firm has onboarded 25 digital currency wallet companies with its Fast Track program such as Cred and Fold. “We

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ClearBank Introduces Multi-Currency Bank Accounts

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Cloud-based clearing bank ClearBank has begun offering multi-currency bank accounts using an API, according to a press release. Beginning in the fourth quarter this year, the bank will allow users to access over 30 multi-currency accounts. ClearBank will remain in charge of the clients' funds.

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Report: Overcoming Cross Border Invoice Complexities

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Old-school business-to-business (B2B) transaction methods like sending and waiting on checks and physical invoices are more difficult to stick with now that many offices are closed and financial teams are working from home. Businesses have gone back to the drawing board to rethink their payments approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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PayPal Launches Invoice API For Online Sellers

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PayPal is introducing an electronic invoicing application programming interface (API) for online sellers in an effort to promote PayPal’s presence on eCommerce and other digital platforms. Invoices can be sent in 25 currencies in more than 200 markets around the globe, with PayPal managing foreign currency conversion.

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Why Accounts Receivable Is Warming Up To Digital Currency

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In many ways, the rise of crypto and digital currencies like Bitcoin aims to address some of these issues, empowering payers and payees with a way of bypassing the “middleman” of the inter-banking system for faster transaction speeds. .” Choice, he said, is key to guiding corporates toward a digital currency ecosystem.

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Tradeshift, Monerium Enable eMoney Invoice Settlement

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Tradeshift made further inroads into blockchain technology via a new collaboration with Monerium, which saw a B2B invoice settled using the Tradeshift platform and eMoney on the Etherium blockchain, according to a press release. 1) that the transaction was the first time an invoice had been settled using licensed digital cash.